[RPM] Gem Lore, Lapidaries and Precious Stones as Traditional Trappings

[malloyd]

Originally Posted by Icelander

So, when the PCs find out that the antagonists mean to steal it, they've got to choose whether to pass all their data to MiBs of dubious honour, likely dooming themselves to unpleasant attention forevermore after having had to reveal so much of their ways and means in order to convince the government to hide the stone somewhere safe, not to mention exposing unknown elements in the Deep State to the temptation of having a magical thermonuclear device that can in theory power any ritual, or... well, steal it themselves before the villains do and then deal with the curse, because that's their unhappy lot in life.

Always look for the third way solutions. Let the villains steal it, kill them, and dump the diamond into the same grave as the bodies, so they still "own" it if anybody does.